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    • SSS 2020: More steel, fewer workers will be needed in future
      Thirty years from now, the global steel industry will likely use more briquetted iron products and scrap and hardly any steelworkers, executives said during the "Steel Industry 2050" panel at Fastmarkets' 2020 Steel Success Strategies Online conference.
      October 29, 2020
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      By the Fastmarkets team
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    • SSS 2020: M&A said likely to rebound next year
      Merger-and-acquisition activity in the metals sector should pick up in 2021, Vince Pappalardo, managing partner of Brown Gibbons Lang & Co, told attendees during Fastmarkets' 2020 Steel Success Strategies Online conference on Tuesday October 27.
      October 29, 2020
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      By Patrick Fitzgerald
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    • SSS 2020: EAFs to fill void left by integrated mills
      Steel Dynamics Inc (SDI) isn’t worried about a flood of new flat-rolled electric-arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking capacity because it will be offset by the closure of older integrated mills, the company’s top executive said.
      October 28, 2020
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    • SSS 2020: Capitalizing on digital technology
      When it comes to machine learning, computer vision, data analytics and artificial intelligence, the steel industry faces challenges in achieving a measurable and permanent return on investment, panelists said during Fastmarkets’ Steel Success Strategies Online conference on Tuesday October 27.
      October 28, 2020
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      By Robert England
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    • Ukraine’s corn exporters boost FOB offers as futures shed 3%
      Plunging corn futures have unlocked selling activity in Ukraine's corn market, with the number of FOB cargo offers increasing…
      October 28, 2020
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      By Masha Belikova
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    • SSS 2020: SDI Texas EAF targets exposed auto
      Steel Dynamics Inc’s (SDI) new $1.9-billion flat-rolled steel mill in Sinton, Texas, could be the first electric-arc furnace (EAF) facility to produce exposed-grade automotive material, the company’s top executive said.
      October 28, 2020
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      SSS 2020: SDI Texas EAF targets exposed auto
      Steel Dynamics Inc’s (SDI) new $1.9-billion flat-rolled steel mill in Sinton, Texas, could be the first electric-arc furnace (EAF) facility to produce exposed-grade automotive material, the company’s top executive said.
      October 28, 2020
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      By Michael Cowden
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    • MORNING VIEW: Base metals prices firm despite broader markets showing increased stress from Covid-19
      Base metals prices on both the London Metal Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange were for the main part firmer this morning, Wednesday October 28, this despite early weakness in major western equity index futures that were suffering because parts of Europe look set to escalate lockdown measures.
      October 28, 2020
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      By William Adams
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    • US HRC price dips below $34 per cwt; noise or new trend?
      Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States have slipped for the first time in almost two weeks, but whether the dip represents the start of a new trend or just noise amid a chorus of optimism about stronger demand in 2021 remains unclear.
      October 28, 2020
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    • SSS 2020: Processors anticipate demand surge in 2021
      Steel service centers and other processors are finding surprising opportunities during the Covid-19 pandemic, and 2021 demand appears poised to exceed expectations for metals consumption, panelists said at Fastmarkets' 2020 Steel Success Strategies Online conference this week.
      October 28, 2020
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      By the Fastmarkets team
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